Comments on: Random Thoughts 04/04/2008 http://www.newcommbiz.com/random-thoughts-04042008/ Social Media and the Future of Business Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:47:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tac http://www.newcommbiz.com/random-thoughts-04042008/comment-page-1/#comment-10775 Tac Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:01:36 +0000 http://www.newcommbiz.com/random-thoughts-04042008/#comment-10775 Anita, You make a great point. The network effect is a powerful thing, and Twitter definitely emphasizes that. Another great thing about Twitter is it's ability to self police. If you're spammy or uninteresting no one will follow you; except the other spammy, uninteresting people. If you're engaged, honest and interesting you're much more likely to gain followers. Anita,
You make a great point. The network effect is a powerful thing, and Twitter definitely emphasizes that.

Another great thing about Twitter is it’s ability to self police. If you’re spammy or uninteresting no one will follow you; except the other spammy, uninteresting people.

If you’re engaged, honest and interesting you’re much more likely to gain followers.

]]> By: Anita Campbell http://www.newcommbiz.com/random-thoughts-04042008/comment-page-1/#comment-10774 Anita Campbell Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:34:08 +0000 http://www.newcommbiz.com/random-thoughts-04042008/#comment-10774 Hi Tac, yes, Twitter is addicting. And those individual connections are crucial if you're trying to build a loyal following and community online. Let's say for the sake of argument you were trying to build a Web presence consisting of 100,000 (or 1M) visitors a month. You might be tempted to think that connecting individually with a few people via Twitter couldn't possibly get you anywhere. But you'd be wrong. Those connections lead to other connections and in turn to others. And it's the personal connection that tends to set a site (or brand or service provider) apart on the Web today. You're providing relevance because of the personal connection, in a crowded field of impersonal websites. Anita Hi Tac, yes, Twitter is addicting. And those individual connections are crucial if you’re trying to build a loyal following and community online.

Let’s say for the sake of argument you were trying to build a Web presence consisting of 100,000 (or 1M) visitors a month. You might be tempted to think that connecting individually with a few people via Twitter couldn’t possibly get you anywhere. But you’d be wrong.

Those connections lead to other connections and in turn to others. And it’s the personal connection that tends to set a site (or brand or service provider) apart on the Web today. You’re providing relevance because of the personal connection, in a crowded field of impersonal websites.

Anita

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